Crime & Safety

Gunman Fires Rifle On Metra Platform, FBI Seeks Help Finding Him

Investigators are looking for a man who pulled out a collapsible rifle on the Metra train platform at McCormick Place last week.

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Security video from the McCormick Place Metra station shows a man fire a single shot over the tracks on the morning of Dec. 1, according to the FBI.
Security video from the McCormick Place Metra station shows a man fire a single shot over the tracks on the morning of Dec. 1, according to the FBI. (FBI)

CHICAGO — The FBI released images of an unidentified gunman seen firing a rifle on the Metra train platform at McCormick Place last week, asking the public for help identifying him.

Around 10 a.m. on Dec. 1, a man with a closely cropped beard and receding hairline walked into the commuter rail station carrying a backpack.

Video from security cameras shows the man watch a train depart before walking to the bottom of a stairwell and placing his backpack on the ground.

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The man pulls out a collapsible rifle with an attached flashlight and scope. He loads a single bullet into it and fires a shot out over the tracks before collapsing it and placing it back into his bag.


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The gunman was described as 5 feet, 8 inches with a slender build. He should be considered armed and dangerous, although there were no known injuries associated with the incident, according to the FBI.

A still from a security video shows a man who fired a rifle at the McCormick Place Metra station on Dec. 1, according to the FBI. (FBI)

UPDATE: Suspect In Metra Shooting Turns Himself In, FBI Says

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